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Definition of Eroding
1. Noun. (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it).
Category relationships: Geology
Specialized synonyms: Chatter Mark, Ablation, Abrasion, Attrition, Corrasion, Detrition, Beach Erosion, Deflation, Planation, Soil Erosion
Generic synonyms: Geologic Process, Geological Process
Derivative terms: Erode, Erode, Wear Away
Definition of Eroding
1. Verb. (present participle of erode) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Eroding
1. erode [v] - See also: erode
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eroding
Literary usage of Eroding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"That ice has little or no eroding power, and that glaciers have never been ...
That ice has great eroding power, and that in regions which they have ..."
2. Principles and Practice of Harbour Construction by William Shield (1895)
"SECTION I. General remarks—Erosion—eroding agents—Power of moving ... The chief
eroding agents are sand and shingle, set in motion by the waves of the sea ..."
3. The Science and art of surgery v.1 by John Eric Erichsen (1881)
"Aneurism of Descending Aorta, eroding and traversing Vertebro. is the seat of
aneurism, a peculiar train of cerebral symptoms, such as vertigo, ..."
4. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: To by John Walker (1806)
"... it certain that eroding this tendency would produce any real advantage ; at
leaft, ... eroding ..."
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